Meaning

3 senses

  1. A dialysis machine, an external device that cleans the blood of people with kidney failure; from the 1940s to the 2000s, not portable, but wearable versions now exist.

  2. An implantable bionic device to replace the function of a natural kidney, long dreamed of but not yet feasible.

  3. A bioengineered (laboratory-grown) biologic kidney (from cultured cells), still experimental.

More definitions
  • a machine that uses dialysis to remove impurities and waste products from the bloodstream before returning the blood to the patient's body

Forms

plural: artificial kidneys

Synonyms

2 synonyms
kidney machine
Close in meaning
  • a machine that uses dialysis to remove impurities and waste products from the bloodstream before returning the blood to the patient's body:hemodialyzer

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